Satellite and Cable: Pick of the Day

James Rampton
Thursday 11 February 1999 00:02 GMT
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WHILE JUSTLY celebrated for his unrivalled singing ability, Frank Sinatra (right) has perhaps not always got the credit he deserves as an actor. The winner of two Oscars - for From Here to Eternity in 1953 and The Man with the Golden Arm in 1955 - he was able to convey a variety of emotions on screen. Maybe this was down to his contradictory personality, which fellow actor David Niven encapsulated thus: "his talent, his generosity, his ruthlessness, his kindness, his loneliness, and his rumoured links with the Mob." Sinatra is profiled in today's Hollywood Hall of Fame (5.30pm Sky Cinema).

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